Forster turns down 'Bond 23' offer

Speaking to MTV, the filmmaker suggested that his ideas for the next movie aren't in the franchise's best interests.

"They asked me if I wanted to," he said. "I'll never say never again, but at this point I would say no...For me, I wanted to take it to a harder and darker place, but now that that journey I've gone on has succeeded, I feel like the next one can take it to a bit more humorous place again."

Forster added that the next Daniel Craig spy outing "should take it in a lighter and more humorous way, maybe add a few more girls and a bit more sex - all that kind of stuff".

Danny Boyle, who was touted for the Bond director's chair, recently ruled out helming the series's 23rd entry.